CURA Spotlight: Min Zhou
Speaker: Min Zhou (University of California, Los Angeles) Moderator: Dalva Raposo (Georgetown University in Qatar, Class of 2024) Location: Georgetown University in Qatar
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Beyond Economic Migration: Social, Historical, and Political Factors in US Immigration
Moderator: Zahra Babar (Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University in Qatar) Panelists: Min Zhou (University of California, Los Angeles), Hasan Mahmud (Northwestern University in Qatar), and Misba Bhatti…
CIRS Open House
On August 21, 2023, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) held an open house for GU-Q students, faculty, and staff to learn more about CIRS, the CIRS Undergraduate…
Iran-Saudi Relations: Changing Regional Alignments
Speaker: Mehran Kamrava (Georgetown University in Qatar) Moderator: Gerd Nonneman (Georgetown University in Qatar) Location: Faculty Conference Room, GU-Q (First floor) Mehran Kamrava is Professor of Government at Georgetown University…
The Invasion of Iraq: Regional Reflections
The 2003 invasion of Iraq marked a critical turning point in America’s relationship with Iraq and its neighboring countries, a region of strategic importance encompassing vital energy and military interests,…
Sociolinguistics Landscape and Culture in Qatar – Workshop II
On September 24 and 25, 2023, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) hosted a roundtable workshop titled “Sociolinguistics Landscape and Culture in Qatar.” The two-day workshop was the…
Mobility Diplomacy: How States Maximize Passport Power
Speaker: Noora Lori (Boston University) Moderators: Nadya Sbaiti (Georgetown University in Qatar) and Sami Hermez (Northwestern University in Qatar) About the event: Co-organized by CIRS and Northwestern University in Qatar,…
The Environmental Drivers of Out-Migration in Bangladesh
Speaker: Katharine Donato (Georgetown University) Moderator: Zahra Babar (CIRS, Georgetown University in Qatar) Location: 1D02 Faculty Conference Room, Georgetown University in Qatar (1st floor) Katharine M. Donato holds the Donald…
Afghanistan Regional Symposium: Confronting the Impasse
The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) is hosting the “Afghanistan Regional Symposium: Confronting the Impasse.” The symposium gathers leading experts, scholars, and…
CURA Spotlight: Victor Ehikhamenor
Speaker: Victor Ehikhamenor, Artist-in-Residence (Georgetown University in Qatar) Moderator: Asma Shakeel (Georgetown University in Qatar, Class of 2024) Location: Georgetown University in Qatar
Persisting Biases: Findings from the UNDP 2023 Gender Social Norm Index
The index, which was first introduced in 2020, covers 85 percent of the global population and captures data up to 2022. It provides information on the evolution of social norms…
Global Energy Cultures: How Energy Shapes our Everyday Lives
In collaboration with Msheireb Museums, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) is hosting a forum on “Global Energy Cultures: How Energy Shapes our Everyday Lives.” Every aspect of our contemporary lives is shaped by energy; societies are fully dependent on the accessibility and availability of energy products,…